Gene database of Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472

Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative, facultative
anaerobic bacterium with a versatile metabolism. Commonly found in soil, the
rod-shaped bacterium also synthesizes a natural violet coloured antibiotic
known as violacein. But, what is perhaps most interesting of this bacterium is
its ability to synthesize hydrogen cyanide from glycine. This naturally opens
up biotechnological application potential such as the use of hydrogen cyanide
for leaching gold from metal ores or from electronic scrap material. This work
provides a gene database of C. violaceum ATCC 12472 through parsing its
annotated genome sequence from Genbank. Comprising gene name, gene function
description and gene sequence, the database should find use in a variety of
biotechnology and fundamental biology studies seeking to understand the
mechanistic basis of various cellular processes pertinent to this bacterium for
opening up future biotechnological potential.